Earlier this month the American Medical Association (AMA) addressed a growing health concern (35% of adults and 17% of children in America are overweight), and voted to classify obesity as a “disease”. Before this new ruling, obesity was considered a “condition”. So what does this…
Obesity has received a lot of media attention recently. According to the CDC, a total of 12.5 million people between the ages of 2 and 19 are obese or overweight. Obesity is a major health concern because it increases your risk of getting conditions such…
I recently read a post on Children’s Hospital Boston’s blog “Thriving”, which asked for input on how to help a 14 year old overweight girl (“Ms. K”) lose weight. In the post it said that Ms. K doesn’t eat breakfast, but eats a greasy school…
Do you ever feel like it’s hard to choose what to order off the menu? Well, it might start to get a little more complicated. More and more states in the US are passing laws that require restaurant chains to post the number of calories…
Michelle Obama recently launched a campaign called “Let’s Move”, which is focused on reducing the number of obese children and adolescents. The goals for her campaign are to teach parents to make healthier choices, get healthier food options into schools, and to get kids to…